6 minutes ago, Mitch64 said:

and for the Brandon being the father side.. which I agree makes sense given what Marland wrote...(wasnt Alan really in love with Jennifers sister and just bonked Jane Marie for sympathy) including why did Brandon give Amanda to his secretary and why did he originally give everything to her in the will? A rapre or seduction would work as the reason Jennifer kept the lie up, and she and Amanda seemed to have a troubled relationship, explained by Jennifer being secretly resentful of her.

The story is already creepy enough as it is...

This is another case where context is missing because not all the episodes are available. Alan was engaged to Janice, so you have to assume he had feelings for her. But the impression I got from the flashbacks and my own memories is that they were headed for a break-up.

Jennifer simply was not interesting enough to have "seduced" a father and son the same summer. (Of course, it was rape regardless because she was underage). Yes, I can believe Brandon raped her; I can't believe she was clever enough to keep it quiet. At least not Marland's version of Amanda's mother.

If they had brought Jennifer back and found a way to explain it (suppressed memory could have worked) then yeah.

TBH, even the Dobsons original set-up made little sense. WHY give Amanda to a psychotic freak like Lucille? Even if she wasn't back then it still doesn't ring true.

I think they had something big planned when Amanda's mother was revealed, some interesting twist. Maybe that twist was Brandon being her father.

The whole thing was just really strangely put together from the beginning.

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51 minutes ago, DeeVee said:

TBH, even the Dobsons original set-up made little sense. WHY give Amanda to a psychotic freak like Lucille? Even if she wasn't back then it still doesn't ring true.

I think they had something big planned when Amanda's mother was revealed, some interesting twist. Maybe that twist was Brandon being her father.

That makes sense...giving Alan a sister...(maybe the inspiration for Alex..) would be a different spin on the who's the daddy. I'm sorry but I always thought Cullen was too wet of a blanket to be the Father of All Darkness's daughter. Now Poser I could buy (though she played it with a bit too much twinkle in her eye, Brandons' sire should be conflicted...the only problem I have with Poser as Amanda but during that time it was a welcome relief to have someone practically winking at the camera saying "I know none of this makes any sense but lets have fun." )

I can buy sicko Brandon giving Amanda to another sicko...if it was his he wanted it to be hidden and punished, and if it was Alan's he just he just wanted it punished. If it was rape I can also buy suppressed memories, and I can see that Brandon is well set to be a rapist as well "Now see if that son of mine still wants you!" Her memories would make her believe it was Alan's, recreating history. I don't know if the timelines work out, but what if Alex found Jennifer after the rape...that is the final straw and incentive to leave town for good. The parentage reveal happened when she was out of town, and she chose to go along with the lie when she got back...(or use it to her advantage later.) In Barbados after Brandon kicks she finds the will, and Brandon's confession and a typical Brandon tortue...either announce the will and give all power over to Amanda, or take the second will that leaves everything to his acknowledged children...hides that as well..thought I think Alex would be smarter then sticking it in a bust in the study.

2 hours ago, DeeVee said:

This picture popped up in my Pinterest feed. Does anyone have any idea when and/or where this was taken? It has to be after Mart and Lenore left GL and before Michael became visibly ill.

They all look amazing! Mart does too, which shows they had no reason to replace him, in fact he looks younger than he did in 1981 episodes

2 hours ago, DeeVee said:

This picture popped up in my Pinterest feed. Does anyone have any idea when and/or where this was taken? It has to be after Mart and Lenore left GL and before Michael became visibly ill.

This looks like either 1988 or 1989.

3 hours ago, DeeVee said:

This picture popped up in my Pinterest feed. Does anyone have any idea when and/or where this was taken? It has to be after Mart and Lenore left GL and before Michael became visibly ill.

Thank you so very much for sharing. I love this picture. They all look smashingly good.

1 hour ago, soapfave06 said:

They all look amazing! Mart does too, which shows they had no reason to replace him, in fact he looks younger than he did in 1981 episodes

WORD! Mart is cute as a button here. IMHO, he always has been.

5 hours ago, DeeVee said:

That's definitely a retcon. Amanda came back for a brief visit Christmas 1987. She gave adult Phillip her proxy (this was part of the set-up for Phillip taking over Spaulding the following year) and talked with him as if they had been in touch in the intervening years.

She and AM were closer, true, but that was mainly because she and Hope had maintained their friendship after both left SF. This was referred to during Amanda's 1987 visit, when she told AM she had a message from his mother.

They make AM/Amanda seem like virtual strangers in the 1995 return-part of it is keeping the different plots on islands. When she goes to the Bauer cabin to seduce Ross it’s literally the night Brent takes AM and her main concern is Alan is mad because she helped AM ditch the police tail. Shes far more concerned with Ross than with AM during the whole lighthouse kidnapping, though they largely keep Alex being more concerned with her rivalry with Amanda than with AM/Lucy too.

Is it Amanda being seen as a threat with Alan or something else that makes Alex hate her so much immediately to the point of obsession? It was never very clear to me.